Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knock shop

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables: knock- shop
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of knocking shop.

Example Sentences

"I was seven years in Aussie, and I lived with the queens in a one-bedroomed place in Melbourne. They were all cracking it on the street and I worked in a knock shop."
"“They know a lot of women in Bilbarra.” “Yeah, only they all live at the knock shop,” Teague said."
"World War II and its influx of American servicemen into Auckland provided the impetus for MacKenzie's dual career. The frock shop was finally shut in 1957, as the knock shop continued to thrive. Between 1962 and 1976, she appeared in court six times on brothel-keeping charges, and was twice jailed for six months."

Inflected Forms

knock shops (plural)

Questions

What does knock shop mean?: Alternative form of knocking shop.

How to pronounce knock shop

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